The Gunpowder Factory (Gabḫānah) of Mohammed Ali Athar al-Nabi – Istabl ‘Antar

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Tourism Guidance Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt

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Mohammed Ali and his administration sought to strengthen the army and built a navy and a merchant marine the first attempts at industrialization were geared towards a military industrial complex that allow Egypt to manufacture her own military hard ware and thus end reliance on foreign imports everything that had been imported was promptly copied in the new factories, which were able to turn out rifles, muskets, cannon, gunpowder and small arms in respect able quantities, so Mohamed Ali ordered to construct the Gabkhana of Ather Al Nabi in order to manufacture the gunpowder.
The aim of this study is to shed light to the importance of this monument, after all, one could say that this construction “ Gabkhana of Mohammed Ali overcame the enemies but the negligence vanquished it”. The study also aims to highlight the idea of restoring and reconstructing the structure then to connect it with social activities in accordance with huge monument.

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